I personally disagree that this is largely anonymous. As I rediscovered in my stroke thread, EHell is a community, with members who are, by and large, tight-knit and caring.

But tight-knit and caring doesn’t negate anonymity. Anonymous = people one doesn’t know, has never met in person or spent time with, or even actually spoken with, and has no real personal, social relationship with…..i.e., people one only ‘knows’ by a screen name.

I would actually further disagree with that. I have friends I've made online who I've never even had a phone conversation with that are better known to me than my next door neighbors.

Of course it's your prerogative to disagree, but people have differing definitions of "friends"/friendships.

I'm not talking about social networking friends (where it's largely a button click), I'm talking about people I've known for over a decade where the most I know about their real name is their first name. They're still very dear to me.

Diane, just because someone throws down a gauntlet, doesn't mean you have to pick it up.

As for how mods kniw which threads are problematic, reporting a post or thread puts it on the radar. Once it's on the radar, we can look at various stats, like how much traffic it's getting, which will tell us where the troll bait is. Also, certain topics are hot buttons, as we've all noticed.

Diane, just because someone throws down a gauntlet, doesn't mean you have to pick it up.

As for how mods kniw which threads are problematic, reporting a post or thread puts it on the radar. Once it's on the radar, we can look at various stats, like how much traffic it's getting, which will tell us where the troll bait is. Also, certain topics are hot buttons, as we've all noticed.

Granted. That's a problem for me, and I acknowledge I did wrong. It's something I've tried very hard to work on, and I'm very sorry that I slipped this time.

Diane, just because someone throws down a gauntlet, doesn't mean you have to pick it up.

As for how mods kniw which threads are problematic, reporting a post or thread puts it on the radar. Once it's on the radar, we can look at various stats, like how much traffic it's getting, which will tell us where the troll bait is. Also, certain topics are hot buttons, as we've all noticed.

I am not a mod anywhere and never have been but I do want to chime in to say that I miss the high traffic/long threads from the past that went 20-30 pages of interesting conversation even after the etiquette issue has been addressed. Of course it is the mods decision how long a thread can go on but this seemed like a thread where I could throw an opinion in.

As for how mods kniw which threads are problematic, reporting a post or thread puts it on the radar. Once it's on the radar, we can look at various stats, like how much traffic it's getting, which will tell us where the troll bait is. Also, certain topics are hot buttons, as we've all noticed.

Thanks, My inner curios cat is sated and now curled up in the corner with a fluufy mouse.

I'm coming to inquire about the thread regarding my Palm Sunday experience. :/ It had no replies, yet it vanished. I wanted to show that I avoided being rude when I would have been before and it is thanks to this place. Did I do something wrong?